10 National Trust places to visit in Shropshire, including 5 houses & gardens, 4 historic sites, 1 countryside. Tick them off your checklist as you go, or see them on the National Trust map.
16th-century stone house near Ironbridge with fine plasterwork, spring crocuses and Severn Gorge views.
Recreated Victorian working town in the Ironbridge Gorge, with costumed characters, period shops and hands-on history.
Scenic Shropshire valley in the Long Mynd with stream walks, moorland hikes and views to Wales.
The story of iron in the valley where the Industrial Revolution began, housed in the Coalbrookdale Company's Great Warehouse.
Earliest Italianate villa in England, designed by John Nash around 1802 on the Attingham estate.
17th-century Shropshire house with an eclectic mix of Old Masters and modern art beside a tranquil lake.
The world's first major cast-iron bridge, spanning the Severn since 1779, with a free museum in its Toll House.
The colourful history of tilemaking in a former Ironbridge Gorge factory, with recreated tiled interiors from palaces to the Tube.
Rare Victorian suburban villa in Wellington, a time capsule of domestic life from the 1880s to the 1990s.
Elizabethan manor on Wenlock Edge with original plaster ceilings and a famous Civil War escape story.